Bluesport Retro, Advice needed for transverse diesel convertion Options

[jules2c]

I do not know if anyone has done this before it just seemed a sensible idea at the time. The car had all the usual disasters and a few novel ones made by the factory! This may offend purists but it had been rearly abused and I could not believe the crazy design of just about everything. It was a 74 2.0 4, it has been stripped of most parts and I have been slowly welding it back to a solid structure.
The doors have very good alignment and operate as I assume they should but the roof will not align at the rear being flush on the right side and sticking out about 4 to 5mm on the left. I straightened the left long which was about 4 to 5mm high in the middle this seemed to make no difference. The fiberglass roof I assume is accurate as I have not come across fiberglass warping I just dont know. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Has anyone mounted a rad in the back of the car using the engine deck as the outlet feeding from the floor? More metal abuse tomorrow and the the next etc etc.

[rohar]

If you mount a VW engine transverse with the stock tranny and the output flanges in line with the axles, a LOT of the rear trunk will have to be removed if you maintain the 15 degree slant. If you stand it upright to 0 degrees, it'll move the weight forward and you won't have to relieve it of as much sheet metal, but you'll probably have to modify the oil pan or fabricate a new one from scratch as it'll be hanging pretty low. Either way, that leaves a whole bunch of space in front of the engine for cooling nonsense, but i'm just not sure how well it can be cooled there. Some have tried, to my knowledge none have succeeded.

Maybe think about sealing off the space between the oil pan and the firewall with custom tins and duct air in?

[jules2c]

Thanks for your thoughts, not sure about the VW turbo diesel as the turbo is behind it and a lot of cast iron but you have to use what is available.
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Cleaned up around the engine mountings to allow plasma cutter access and will remove the floor of boot at the same time but keep the support beam for the moment. The hinge mountings are shot but one may give me dimensions, the torsion rods out, a couple of pneumatic struts should stop it self destructing and has been done by others so just need to find thread.